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The award-winning 5 live Sport will take you to the heart of Russia during the World Cup in a record number of ways.
From the best commentary on its DAB and MW frequencies, there will also be a special World Cup Daily podcast, exclusive content accessible on smart speakers, and of course there’ll be the best commentary clips, analysis and debate on its In Short and social media platforms.

Mark Chapman and Kelly Cates are leading BBC Radio 5 live’s coverage from Moscow, while Robbie Savage presents a daily World Cup Breakfast Show from 8.30am with a special guest each weekday of the tournament.

The BBC’s Football Correspondent, John Murray will be joined by former England International Chris Waddle, for commentary on all England matches, and Caroline Barker will provide exclusive content from inside the England team camp. Ian Dennis will accompany John for commentary duties on the World Cup final, and he’ll be with Pat Nevin for his matches until the final stage. Dion Dublin joins Conor McNamara; Chris Sutton will be working with Alistair Bruce-Ball; and Vicki Sparks will commentate with Terry Butcher.

And of course, football wouldn’t be complete on 5 Live without the 606 phone-in, giving fans the chance to share their thoughts on England’s performance on the World Stage.

Our broadcast will begin on Wednesday 13 June (preview show) and will be daily until the final on July 15.

Away from the Sports coverage, Rachel Burden will be the voice of the World Cup for 5 live Breakfast. Starting off in Moscow, she’ll follow England's progress through the group stages, presenting the programme from a variety of locations in Volgograd, Nizhny Novgorod and Kaliningrad. Rachel will also be pitchside during the games for 5 live Sport. For Radio 1 Newsbeat, Ben Mundy will be following England through the group stages. Providing cross-platform material for bulletins and programmes on BBC Radio1 and 1Xtra, as well as creating content for their social and online channels.

Listeners can stay up to date with all the latest news and reports from Russia via BBC Radio 5 live’s news and sport bulletins – available anytime, anywhere, via the BBC Sport app with the option to listen again on the 5 live website.

Fans can listen to all of 5 live’s coverage of the World Cup at bbc.co.uk/5live or via the BBC iPlayer Radio app.

Live from every single game, the Radio 5 live team, led by Mark Chapman and Kelly Cates, will cover the on-field action and bring tournament news as it happens. Robbie Savage presents a weekday World Cup Breakfast Show for the network and Caroline Barker follows England’s journey throughout the World Cup offering listeners’ insight into the Three Lions’ camp. Co-commentary is provided by former internationals Chris Waddle, Terry Butcher, Dion Dublin, Chris Sutton and Pat Nevin. More: http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/world-cup-2018

The award-winning 5 live Sport will take you to the heart of Russia during the World Cup in a record number of ways.
From the best commentary on its DAB and MW frequencies, there will also be a special World Cup Daily podcast, exclusive content accessible on smart speakers, and of course there’ll be the best commentary clips, analysis and debate on its In Short and social media platforms.

Mark Chapman and Kelly Cates are leading BBC Radio 5 live’s coverage from Moscow, while Robbie Savage presents a daily World Cup Breakfast Show from 8.30am with a special guest each weekday of the tournament.

The BBC’s Football Correspondent, John Murray will be joined by former England International Chris Waddle, for commentary on all England matches, and Caroline Barker will provide exclusive content from inside the England team camp. Ian Dennis will accompany John for commentary duties on the World Cup final, and he’ll be with Pat Nevin for his matches until the final stage. Dion Dublin joins Conor McNamara; Chris Sutton will be working with Alistair Bruce-Ball; and Vicki Sparks will commentate with Terry Butcher.

And of course, football wouldn’t be complete on 5 Live without the 606 phone-in, giving fans the chance to share their thoughts on England’s performance on the World Stage.

Our broadcast will begin on Wednesday 13 June (preview show) and will be daily until the final on July 15.

Away from the Sports coverage, Rachel Burden will be the voice of the World Cup for 5 live Breakfast. Starting off in Moscow, she’ll follow England's progress through the group stages, presenting the programme from a variety of locations in Volgograd, Nizhny Novgorod and Kaliningrad. Rachel will also be pitchside during the games for 5 live Sport. For Radio 1 Newsbeat, Ben Mundy will be following England through the group stages. Providing cross-platform material for bulletins and programmes on BBC Radio1 and 1Xtra, as well as creating content for their social and online channels.

Listeners can stay up to date with all the latest news and reports from Russia via BBC Radio 5 live’s news and sport bulletins – available anytime, anywhere, via the BBC Sport app with the option to listen again on the 5 live website.

Fans can listen to all of 5 live’s coverage of the World Cup at bbc.co.uk/5live or via the BBC iPlayer Radio app.

Just skim read the 5live coverage details via the BBC Media centre, it does not appear to be very detailed compared to previous tournaments , no mention of Ian Brown for example, i was expecting a full list of all commentators and co-commentators to be used.

Surprised that Caroline Barker is the England reporter, this seemingly to allow Ian Dennis out and about to commentate but means he misses out on England? Would guess he'll get the best of the rest. Also unusual for them to have set commentary teams, they usually like to mix things up a bit. This would suggest, unlike the last couple of tournaments, not a lot of crossover with the TV guys, though I would imagine some of the television pundits will appear on discussion shows.

The introduction page says 5 Live will be live from every single match so that's good news but doesn't seem enough commentary teams especially as Vicki is apparently doing TV as well. No mention of Arlo White either who it was definitely said was part of the team.

Lets hope that the coverage of this sporting event stays where it belongs, on a sport (and occasionally news/current affairs) network and doesn't drift on to other stations.

The BBC are strangely unable to fathom that not everyone is interested, or even cares about football or other sports, and the pollution of shouty trailers for some or other sporting event seems to have spread to radio 4 and radio 2 lately. I never listen to R3 but I can't imagine their listeners would put up with such intrusions to their listening.

Live from every single game, the Radio 5 live team, led by Mark Chapman and Kelly Cates, will cover the on-field action and bring tournament news as it happens. Robbie Savage presents a weekday World Cup Breakfast Show for the network and Caroline Barker follows England’s journey throughout the World Cup offering listeners’ insight into the Three Lions’ camp. Co-commentary is provided by former internationals Chris Waddle, Terry Butcher, Dion Dublin, Chris Sutton and Pat Nevin. More: http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/world-cup-2018

The award-winning 5 live Sport will take you to the heart of Russia during the World Cup in a record number of ways.
From the best commentary on its DAB and MW frequencies, there will also be a special World Cup Daily podcast, exclusive content accessible on smart speakers, and of course there’ll be the best commentary clips, analysis and debate on its In Short and social media platforms.

Mark Chapman and Kelly Cates are leading BBC Radio 5 live’s coverage from Moscow, while Robbie Savage presents a daily World Cup Breakfast Show from 8.30am with a special guest each weekday of the tournament.

The BBC’s Football Correspondent, John Murray will be joined by former England International Chris Waddle, for commentary on all England matches, and Caroline Barker will provide exclusive content from inside the England team camp. Ian Dennis will accompany John for commentary duties on the World Cup final, and he’ll be with Pat Nevin for his matches until the final stage. Dion Dublin joins Conor McNamara; Chris Sutton will be working with Alistair Bruce-Ball; and Vicki Sparks will commentate with Terry Butcher.

And of course, football wouldn’t be complete on 5 Live without the 606 phone-in, giving fans the chance to share their thoughts on England’s performance on the World Stage.

Our broadcast will begin on Wednesday 13 June (preview show) and will be daily until the final on July 15.

Away from the Sports coverage, Rachel Burden will be the voice of the World Cup for 5 live Breakfast. Starting off in Moscow, she’ll follow England's progress through the group stages, presenting the programme from a variety of locations in Volgograd, Nizhny Novgorod and Kaliningrad. Rachel will also be pitchside during the games for 5 live Sport. For Radio 1 Newsbeat, Ben Mundy will be following England through the group stages. Providing cross-platform material for bulletins and programmes on BBC Radio1 and 1Xtra, as well as creating content for their social and online channels.

Listeners can stay up to date with all the latest news and reports from Russia via BBC Radio 5 live’s news and sport bulletins – available anytime, anywhere, via the BBC Sport app with the option to listen again on the 5 live website.

Fans can listen to all of 5 live’s coverage of the World Cup at bbc.co.uk/5live or via the BBC iPlayer Radio app.

Just skim read the 5live coverage details via the BBC Media centre, it does not appear to be very detailed compared to previous tournaments , no mention of Ian Brown for example, i was expecting a full list of all commentators and co-commentators to be used.

In 2014 and 2016 Brown was only used as an off-tube commentator based in Salford so i would imagine that he won't be going to Russia. In fact he might not even be working on the World Cup as it had been mentioned on air a few weeks back that Arlo White was part of the 5Live team so it could be that he has took Brown's place. Or it could be that both Brown and White are going to be used for their studio based commentaries.
Of course Brown has only just returned to 5Live reporting duties in the last couple of weeks after a period of absence of approximately 5 months. I don't like to speculate but if Brown's absence was for health reasons then he might not be ready to commentate for 90 minutes on live matches.

Anyway back to the press release it is clearly a list of the commentators and co-commentators that are being used on site in Russia.

It was said on here that Arlo White's commentaries would be off-tube from Salford.

I think it's a pretty lightweight team for 5 Live to be honest. Chapman and Cates are excellent presenters and I'm sure Murray/Waddle will be fine as lead commentary pairing. But without the likes of Darren Fletcher, Alan Green and Mike Ingham on commentary I would say that it lacks depth and Dion Dublin and Chris Sutton being so prominent on co-commentary seemingly is a big disappointment.

I'm not sure if the BBC still offer the service where you can listen to 5 Live's commentary of a live BBC game but even if so I don't think I'd be using it for this tournament! (I've only ever used that once - the Euros 10 years ago where Simon Brotherton, John Murray and Graham Taylor were commentating on a Spain game whilst Pearce and Lawrenson were doing it for 5 Live.)

Just reading the press release in detail i have to say i am disappointed, Jonathan Wall had tweeted that they had " bold plans" for their coverage of Russia 2018, this announced coverage is anything but bold, a complete anti climax.

Lets hope that the coverage of this sporting event stays where it belongs, on a sport (and occasionally news/current affairs) network and doesn't drift on to other stations.

The BBC are strangely unable to fathom that not everyone is interested, or even cares about football or other sports, and the pollution of shouty trailers for some or other sporting event seems to have spread to radio 4 and radio 2 lately. I never listen to R3 but I can't imagine their listeners would put up with such intrusions to their listening.

You really are getting your knickers in a twist about a 4 week event? I imagine that Radio 2 and 4 are covering the WC via news reports and interviews with pundits because the demand is there and anyone can see a WC is 1 of the most watched events in the world. Obviously not everyone likes Sports however if past history is anything to go by the coverage of the WC on all BBC platforms will be proportionate, necessary and excellent use of the license fee.

Just reading the press release in detail i have to say i am disappointed, Jonathan Wall had tweeted that they had " bold plans" for their coverage of Russia 2018, this announced coverage is anything but bold, a complete anti climax.

If Dion Dublin and Chris Sutton were both used for 5 Live commentaries on a typical weekend I'd be disappointed, let alone for a World Cup.

In the past the BBC have introduced internationals from other countries (the likes of Brad Friedel and Jens Lehman) or managers (the likes of Tony Pulis and Neil Lennon). Their coverage this year does seem a bit half-hearted in comparison, as though they'd used all the money up on TV and didn't have anything left for radio!

Even if only using their regulars, there's others that I'd have preferred to go.

As I said over in the thread in the broadcasting section, the main issue with this BBC radio line-up is that it’s somewhat underwhelming. There’s no real source of excitement in there, that special additions have brought in the past or even some usage of decent television pundits.

Three noteable surprises for me really:
* Opting for Caroline Barker as opposed to Ian Dennis for the England Correspondent role- a surprise because traditionally it’s always been the football Correspondent/senior football reporter whose taken on this role with Dennis doing it the last few tournaments. That said, this move does free up Dennis to commentate on matches, which with the exception of England he’d be unable to do and Caroline will be able to fill that role perfectly competently. It makes sense for senior commentators to be used for commentary in my view, I know the England reporter role is seen as important but if you offered me the chance to be number two commentator or report on injuries/disappointment/reaction to sound bites, I know what I’d choose.

* Specifically pairing commentators up- there seems to have been a more fluid approach in the past with different pairings being used during the tournament and people moving more freely between tv/Radio and sometimes a couple of summarisers contributing to a game. This seems a very fixed model with dedicated teams for television and radio, I can see the logic giving the logistical challenge. That said, they could do with a marquee guest pundit to improve the line-up a bit, may he worth them seeing whose available after tommorow.

* No Darren Fletcher- he went to the last WC after joining BT (though not the Euros) and has been a key part of the presentation team this season, for me he’d of added depth to the commentary line-up and would of been worth taking. That said, the commentators themselves, along with the two presenters, are the strongest part of this line-up.

Aditionally, Savages Breakfast Show sounds a good way for him to be involved if not in Russia. I’m thrilled Mills is not going for them.

Be interested to see what talkSPORT serve up, get this right and they could end up with the far stronger punditry team- Pearce and Holland alone seem a more attractive prospect.

No mention of Jonathan Overend, he was in Brazil in 2014. Interesting to see how comprehensive that press release is, surprised if he isn't involved at all, even from Salford

Strong presenters anyway and Ian Dennis free to do commentaries which make sense, Mike Ingham was wasted when he was just in the England camp and not available for as many matches.

However, the loss of Ingham, Green & Fletcher does stand out a bit combined with Ian Brown's situation. The commentary line up is good and I think Murray is the best commentator around but the lineup isn't quite as stellar as it once was but also a knock on effect of the scrapping of 2 commentators per game which meant there was strength in depth

Co-comms is hit and miss, I like Waddle & Nevin, Butcher is OK but Sutton & Dublin aren't for me. I'd imagine it would look different if Danny Mills or Robbie Savage had gone to Russia and I think this is where the budget bit has hit as they've always brought in special guests but not this time.

I'd be surprised if 5 Live didn't have another presenter, even if back in the UK, because it would seem a lot for Chapman/Cates to do every game - especially as Chapman is also listed amongst the TV section.

Even amongst the BBC's regulars, I prefer the likes of Leon Osman to Dublin/Sutton.

There is a 5live pundit who will be working for a foreign tv broadcaster during the WC, anyone recall which pundit it is? It was reported a few months ago but i have forgotten who it was.

You are probably referring to Danny Mills who is not working for 5Live having chosen to be a studio based pundit for Malaysian TV. He will be based in Kuala Lumpur so as mentioned above in my previous post he has chosen not to go to Russia.

Danny Mills has hardly been used (if at all) since the announcement, interesting to see if he is used next season

Leon Osman has also worked for TS so you never know, he maybe involved especially as they lost Joey Barton and he may have been in their plans

I think 5Live will have a 3rd/4th presenter, maybe Dan Walker will be involved as he was a bit in 2014. They may be saving Jonathan Overend for Wimbledon and/or the golf after the WC or other events, there's European athletics and the British GP also.

Following the WC, Chapman & Cates will go on holiday and in the past George Riley covered which is now not an option. Also, Caroline Barker has also covered but she is involved in the WC so will also probably not work in late July etc. so they need presenters for that period. I've never quite known how interested Overend is in football either.

to be fair, if Barker's only role is to be in the England camp, she won't be in Russia very long so will have plenty of time to recover and present 5Live sport over the rest of the summer.

not as underwhelmed as some on hear with that line-up, good call to have Ian Dennis available for commentaries-- with Ingham and Green both being not there they needed him to commentate really. I think for logistical reasons the fixed commentary pairings makes sense less travel around in a extremely large country. agreed that some of the co-coms leave a bit to be desired and the idea of waking up to Robbie Savage in the morning is a little frightening but overall its ok if not exciting.

May I ask what Ian Brown’s situation is? I’ve always liked him as a commentator but has dropped down the pecking orders in recent years.

I’m guessing Overend will be involved with Wimbledon coverage as will some of the other football reporters.

I agree with Col, it used to be frustrating that we’d never hear from Mike Ingham (and prior to him Bryon Butler) other than England games (until they went out). I never understood why the correspondent was obliged to be entrenched in the England camp.